You know you’re a boy mom when…

amother

OP ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 11:40 am

You wipe pee from the toilet seat and floor 5x a day and it’s still not enough

You forget to check their pants pockets before doing laundry and out comes rocks batteries and pennies from the dryer

amother

SandyBrown

Mon, May 27 2024, 11:50 am

When you take your kids to the bug museum and you're kinda interested also.

Where you aren't phased by a kid burping for fun.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 12:32 pm

amother SandyBrown wrote:

When you take your kids to the bug museum and you're kinda interested also.

Where you aren't phased by a kid burping for fun.

Haha yes my boys are fascinated by all sorts of creepy crawlies and will pick them up and bring them in the house 🤦‍♀️

amother

Floralwhite

Mon, May 27 2024, 12:36 pm

amother OP wrote:

You wipe pee from the toilet seat and floor 5x a day and it’s still not enough

You have that too??
I thought it was just my boys !!

amother

Teal ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 12:39 pm

amother OP wrote:

You wipe pee from the toilet seat and floor 5x a day and it’s still not enough

You forget to check their pants pockets before doing laundry and out comes rocks batteries and pennies from the dryer

and kugelach. I have the cleanest, most hygienic kugelach in the world. they make they're way into every load.

when you're looking at your boy's shabbos shirts and worrying how fast the stains will come out so that it can be clean and fresh and dry and ironed in time for lag b'omer THE NEXT DAY.

amother

Gladiolus ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 12:51 pm

When you cook enough chicken for 3 suppers and when you go to put it in the freezer there's none left.
When you find yourself serving an extra meal at midnight.
When erev yomtov has you ironing an entire closet full of white shirts.
When you do a dark wash and a white wash every day but the colored wash doesn't seem to fill up.
when you find yourself chasing 5'8 kids to the shower
when you find dolls with limbs missing
when you've put away all your breakables

I guess I'm a mom of teenage boys.

theoneandonly ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:02 pm

When the day's activities include catching turtles, building bonfire teepees, and having water fights.

When one kid runs over to his sibling and slaps him because he's bored and wants to fight to pass the time.

When they say, "ma, come look, it's so cool!" And it's either a giant bug or something bloody.

When you pull down the sun visor in the car to check the mirror and get hit in the head by falling kugelach that your son stuck there and forgot about.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:04 pm

amother Gladiolus wrote:

Ok you win LOL

amother

DarkOrange

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:10 pm

amother Anemone wrote:

When your whole family runs to the window by the sound of a siren

Wow I really thought that was just us! We live pretty close to a fire station and Hatzalah station, and the whole family gets up and runs to window at every single siren!

Signed a mom of little boys who have been living in this house for almost 3 years and hearing a siren is exciting every time

amother

Oxfordblue ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:24 pm

When the Shabbos napkin contains debris from dinner, when you have to rescue your dd's dolls from military action, when you start diapering them backwards at 18 months to prevent stripping, when every piece of furniture or railing is a jungle gym, when strollers are used for transporting trucks, when your laundry room contains tzitzis in various stages of disrepair, and later: when you can't keep enough food in the fridge, when there's always "second dinner" at 11:00 pm, and when someone is always running out for minyan when you're just about to sit down to a meal.

amother

Dustypink

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:25 pm

Your boys room looks like a hurricane.
Asking when to eat a snack after just having lunch
loves fleishigs night and day

amother

Sand

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:33 pm

amother DarkOrange wrote:

Wow I really thought that was just us! We live pretty close to a fire station and Hatzalah station, and the whole family gets up and runs to window at every single siren!

Oh, that kind of siren. OK.

Signed, an Israeli, who orders everyone away from the windows when they hear a siren. Organises races to the mamad instead.

amother

Phlox

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:38 pm

amother Gladiolus wrote:

Love this one! I thought I wrote it my sleep, you describe my home exactly!
Yep, 7 boys between age 6 and 17 is lotsa fun!

And Lol dolls limbs missing! As ds 8 said 'that's the problem with baby GIRLS!' and promptly gave the doll a hair-cut Sad

I nearly cried! Waited so long to have dolls in the house!

Tzutzie

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:44 pm

I have 3 girls and 1 boy and I totally relate to everything. Including the checking pockets. Some of my girls skirts and tops have pockets too!

Except the constantly wiping pee off the floor. It can happen once or so a week. But I also have neighbors kids using the bathroom. So who knows... I guess I'm lucky that way.

What is unique about my son is the way he handles cuddles and my questions when he comes home from cheder. "Mommynyou don't have to ask me. I had a good day. I won a prize in the goirel (lotery) and I saves some snacks for the bus ride home! I want a ice pop and where are my radios? (Walkie talkie)" and he's out the door

With my girls it's a kvetchfest between the 2. I barely survive intacts.
The toddler is just happy to see more ppl.

amother

↑ Teal

Mon, May 27 2024, 1:49 pm

amother Sand wrote:

Oh, that kind of siren. OK.

Signed, an Israeli, who orders everyone away from the windows when they hear a siren. Organises races to the mamad instead.

just to be clear, I hugged your post, because I like your attitude and you're funny. and I'm sending you love and prayers.